Racing Medication And Testing Consortium

North American racing regulators have decided to consider the results of two scientific research studies that have been commissioned to help detect the deliberate administration of cobalt in racehorse...

A group of 25 Thoroughbred trainers have announced that they support the phasing out of race-day medication, starting with the two-year-olds of the 2015 season of racing.

Indiana on Wednesday became the latest state to adopt all of the national uniform medication rules, penalties and testing reforms developed by the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) and a...

Standardbred industry stakeholders, during a Jan. 21 hearing before the New York Gaming Commission, made their case for separate medication rules for harness racing.

The New York State Gaming Commission has issued a statement in which it says that it is taking steps to begin testing for ‘Cobalt,’ a substance which has been a topic of discussion in the racing indus...

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) sent a letter to pari-mutuel regulators earlier this week urging them to adopt uniform national reforms addressing much-needed changes to medication...

The Executive Committee of the United States Trotting Association unanimously voted to reject The Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) proposed model medication rules on Wednesday.

Racing Commissioners International has announced that it has voted to create a penalty point system and 'enhanced' suspensions for trainers with multiple medication violations.

The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) Tactical Research Committee has reviewed data from laboratory analysis of two substances of concern in racing that have been marketed as powerfully ...

The Racing Commissioners International (RCI) Regulatory Attorneys Committee has advanced a proposal to enhance penalties for trainers with multiple drug violations similar to the approach taken by the...

The president of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) said today that a survey of U.S. racing regulatory jurisdictions shows that the adoption of RCI’s uniform medication policy for racing is adva...

In a bold move towards the uniform regulation of medication and drug testing in North American racing, the regulators of eight states in the Mid Atlantic and Northeast United States have committed to ...